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Sacha Baron + Will Ferrell in new film

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:31:57 GMT

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sacha Baron Cohen will star as detective Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as his loyal assistant, Watson, in an upcoming film comedy inspired by tales of the fictional English sleuth, Columbia Pictures said on Wednesday.

Cohen, 36, and Ferrell, 40, last appeared together in the 2006 auto racing spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," with Ferrell in the title role and Cohen playing his rival, a French speed racer.

Screenwriter Etan Cohen, no relation to the British comedian who sprang to movie fame as "Borat," has been signed to pen the screenplay for the as-yet untitled Sherlock Holmes film, the Sony Corp.-owned studio said in a statement.

The story will use as a starting point the principal characters created by Scottish-born author and physician Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 19th century.

No launch date for the production has been set, and no other decisions about casting or a director have been made.

Tags: ali g, borat, will ferrell, sherlock, watson

America's favourite movies!

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:29:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: interesting mix of movies

Clip Source: www.afi.com

#1 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

#1 CITY LIGHTS

#1 THE SEARCHERS

#1 RAGING BULL

#1 VERTIGO

#1 THE WIZARD OF OZ

#1 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

#1 THE GODFATHER

#1 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

#1 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Tags: america, vertigo, films

Work of Gui Borchert

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:16:25 GMT

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Clip Source: guiborchert.com

Application that renders image as type, developed for a concept of interactive tag clouds that take the shape of content.

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Gui began his career as a graphic designer and early on switched to the path of interactive advertising. After four years of working on the award-winning Nike account at R/GA, Gui joined Mother New York in July 2007 to pursuit new challenges in integrated advertising.

His work has been shown in exhibits and published in numerous magazines and books in Brazil, the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Gui holds a BFA in design from UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro Federal University).

Tags: designer, picture, advertising

Von Trapp villa in Sound of Music turns hotel

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:18:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: how lovely!

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SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - "The Sound of Music," one of Hollywood's greatest money-spinners, will scale new heights when the original von Trapp family villa near Salzburg opens as a hotel in July.

The Villa Trapp hotel will give visitors a chance to sleep in the family's former bedrooms or get married in their chapel.

And the gazebo where Liesl, eldest of the von Trapp daughters in the film, and her boyfriend Rolf meet secretly and perform "Sixteen going on 17" will also be available as a self-assembly construction set.

"The hotel really is a milestone for the commercialization of The Sound Of Music for Salzburg," said Leo Bauernberger from the Salzburg provincial tourism board. "The Sound of Music is well and truly a stroke of luck for this city."

The 1965 film based on the true story of how aspiring nun Maria sang her way into the hearts of Baron von Trapp and his seven children has provided fans with a host of must-have items.

Tags: von trapp, villa, movie

Hands Up! I'm an Iron Maiden fan

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: haha so crazy!

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Having a gun pulled on you in Sao Paulo would be a frightening prospect if you weren't walking the streets with Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, and the gun-wielder wasn't an autograph-hunter... oh, and a policeman.

"I'm a cop," says the man, laughing and revealing a pistol.

Seconds earlier, he'd pulled up besides Gers and the Revealed production team in an unmarked car in a back street of Brazil's most populous -- and dangerous -- city.

"I want a picture. I am police."

After rummaging through his bag for his identity card, the presumably off-duty policeman produced a red leather biker vest which Gers duly signed in blue biro. The excited fan shook his hero's hand.

"He'll be arresting people at the concert," Gers laughs.

This is what life is like for Iron Maiden in South America, a hotbed of Maiden fanaticism.

"In South America, it's like verging on hysteria," says Adrian Smith, one of the group's three guitarists.

Sexy side of UV-B

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:56:58 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciencenews.org

The first evidence of the dreaded ultraviolet-B wavelengths as a male come-on has turned up in a jumping spider from Asia.

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Males of the small, iridescent jumping spider species Phintella vittata reflect ultraviolet wavelengths, mostly in the 290 to 320 nanometer range designated as B, says Daiqin Li of the National University of Singapore. UV-B is powerful stuff that increases risks of skin cancer and other ills in humans.

Yet females of this jumping spider prefer males with that UV-B charm, Li and his colleagues report in the May 6 Current Biology. The researchers set females in an arena where they could see two males posing and flirting. When a filter above one male screened out the UV-B, females spent barely half as much time watching him than his rival with full spectral glory.

Darrel Kemp

at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia

calls the results "the strongest evidence that UV-B might be used in sexual signaling, which is a significant step forward."

Dachshund

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:48:59 GMT

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AKC Ranking: 5
Family: scenthound, terrier, dachshund
Area of Origin: Germany
Date of Origin: 1500s
Original Function: flushing badgers
Today's Function: earthdog trials, dachshund field trials
Avg Size of male: Height: 8-9 Weight: 11-32
Avg Size of Female: Height: 8-9 Weight: 11-32
Other Name: teckel (miniature: zwergteckel)

Temperament
The dachshund is bold, curious and always up for adventure. It likes to hunt and dig, tracking by scent and going to ground after game. It is independent but will join in its family's activities whenever given a chance. It is good with children in its own family, but some may snap at strange children. Most are reserved with strangers. Some bark. The longhaired variety may be quieter and less terrier-like; the wires may be more outgoing. Some miniatures are more prone to be timid.

Baby birdies babble just like we did

Mon, 05 May 2008 09:06:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't feel silly about your childhood birdie dance, anymore!

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

How do baby birdies learn to sing? By babbling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby birds babble much like human infants do, and they have their own special brain circuits to do it, researchers reported on Thursday.

Their findings suggest that learning to sing -- and also to speak -- is a process independent of adult singing or speech.

"Young birds learn their songs in a series of stages. They start out just as humans do, by babbling," Fee said in an audio interview on the Web site of the journal Science, which published the findings.

Perhaps other aspects of infant learning are equally independent in the brain, Michale Fee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues suggested.

"The brain really learns how to use its body by making spontaneous movements and seeing what happens," Fee added.

"Babbling in songbirds is just an example of play -- it's vocal play."

"Scientists have been inactivating this area, the HVC, for a long time to try and figure out what it does," Fee said.

Tags: birds, babble, human

How to Behave at a Concert - You're Ruining it Mann!

Sat, 03 May 2008 05:38:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: yep, I agree

Clip Source: blog.muchmusic.com

10 Worst Ways To Behave At Concerts: How You're Ruining It For Everyone

1. Recording the show or incessantly taking photos with your cell phone.

2. Waiting until the show has started to secure your spot in the front row.

when one is rammed at the front, standing shoulder to shoulder with thousands of sweaty mouth breathers is uncomfortable enough without your conga line of friends charging through the crowd claiming, "Oh, my friend's up there!".

3. Talking throughout the entire show

4. Being over 6'4 and choosing to stand in front of the shortest person in the crowd.

5. Continually crowd surfing or slam dancing even though it's not that kind of show.

6. Being an unruly lout

7. Spastic dancing and general disregard for personal space

8. Holding up a sign or flag for the duration of the show

9. Standing at a seated venue

10. Waiting till the band plays their radio hit and then leaving

Men flirting in Saudi Arabia to get punished...with a haircut!

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:17:11 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: What can you even say abot this!? Ridiculous!

This is a good blog to read though... worth following!

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Flirting Saudis: Women Get Flogged, Men Punished with Haircuts

Justice Carries a Pair of Scissors

Journey for a moment to the Magic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the women get flogged for flirting and men–get a haircut?

Prince Fahd bin Badr ordered police to administer the trims after seeing a group of men with long hair pestering female students as they left school in the town of Skaka. Many clergymen in the conservative Gulf country say men should not have long hair because Islam prohibits the sexes from emulating each other.

“In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia it is illegal to wear a cross necklace, read a Bible, or utter a Christian prayer in the privacy of your own home. Under the law, conversion to Christianity by Saudi citizens is a criminal offense punishable by death.”

Drug dealers are routinely beheaded.

The moral of this story: Serial flirters, when in Saudi Arabia, would find it wise to leave their cross, Bible and nickel bag at home.

Tags: saudi arabia, justice, punishment, flirt, women

Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'

Fri, 02 May 2008 06:29:10 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: Wow! This is just dirty! I hate it when people eat at their desks... more so if they don't wash their hands after eating, or eat oily/fried stuff while typing... Just disgusting!

What's interesting though, is that the study says "compared to men, on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area". ! Who'd ever think that possible!? heh

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'

Some computer keyboards harbour more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, research has suggested.

Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food poisoning.

Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured five times more germs than one of the office's toilet seats.

Microbiologist Dr Peter Wilson said a keyboard was often "a reflection of what is in your nose and in your gut".

During the Which? tests in January this year, a microbiologist deemed one of the office's keyboards to be so dirty he ordered it to be removed, quarantined and cleaned.

It had 150 times the recommended limit for bacteria - five times as filthy as a lavatory seat tested at the same time, the research found.

They also found that, compared to men, on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area.

Tags: keyboard, hygiene, bacteria, dirt

The Ten Cheesiest Singers Of All-Time!

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:37:46 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: Top 10 Lists seem to be the order of the day. They're always entertaining, & usually nobody entirely agrees with them, which makes it more fun

Most of these guys though, I do agree with

Click the link to read the full story!

Clip Source: new.music.yahoo.com

The Ten Cheesiest Singers Of All-Time

10) Billy Joel

9) David Lee Roth

8) Barry Manilow

7) Morrissey

6) David Clayton-Thomas (Blood Sweat And Tears)

5) Tom Jones

4) Meatloaf

3) Cher

2) Neil Diamond

1) Michael Buble

Names Of Things You Never Knew Had Names

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:57:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thelandsalmon.com

1. Aglet: The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.

Bibcock:

Brassard:

A cloth band worn around the upper arm

Bretelles:

Duff:

The decaying organic matter

6. Harp: The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.

Hemidemisemiquaver:

A 64th note

Kick or Punt:

The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles

Phosphenes:

lights you see when you close your eyes hard

Piggin:

Quarrel:

A small, diamond-shaped pane of glass

Sam Browne Belt:

Solidus:

Tang:

Tobies:

Zarf:

A holder for a handleless coffee cup

Tags: language

You'll Never Walk Alone

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:24:33 GMT

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~You'll Never Walk Alone~ When you walk through a storm Hold your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark. At the end of a storm is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Tho' your dream be tossed and blown. Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone. You'll never, walk alone. ~Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II~

Better late than never - Brian May to get his PhD

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:47:15 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Queen star hands in science PhD

Queen guitarist Brian May has handed in his astronomy PhD thesis - 36 years after abandoning it to join the band.

May recently carried out observational work in Tenerife, where he studied the formation of "zodiacal dust clouds".

The subject forms the basis of a thesis for London's Imperial College, where May, 60, had been studying before deciding to pursue a career with Queen.

The musician may have to wait several weeks before he finds out if he will be awarded his doctorate.

"Nevertheless, as a fan of Queen, I am glad that he left science temporarily!" he added.

He is scheduled to discuss his thesis - titled Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud - with the examining board on 23 August, his spokesman said.

May made his first astronomical observations for his thesis at the Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife in 1971, before his pop career took off.

Tags: queen, phd, brian may